Summary
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond dismissed a felony assault charge against Sgt. Joseph Gibson, a police officer who slammed 71-year-old Lich Vu to the ground during a traffic ticket dispute, breaking his neck.
Drummond stated the officer acted within his training and lacked criminal intent, adding that Vu should not have touched Gibson.
The dismissal sparked criticism from Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna and outrage in Oklahoma City’s Vietnamese community, citing Vu’s language barriers during the incident.
Gibson’s actions were initially deemed an unreasonable use of force by prosecutors.
This is absolutely blatant corruption, why is this something an Attorney General can unilaterally do? Charges were already brought by the DA, it was going to court, and he intervened to dismiss it. The power to shutdown any criminal case is an extremely dangerous power for anyone to have.
It’s obstruction of justice. Politicians won’t learn they’ve fucked around enough until citizens start ambushing pieces of trash like this in public. They want law and order? We will bring them the order of law. Unilateral accountability starts with motivated citizens like you and me.
I hope the victim gets millions in the civil suit and that oklahoma votes out that gross as fuck AG
It’s a likely outcome and taxpayers will bear the brunt. If we increased the civil payout to billions, I suspect there would be greater pressure to get this slimy fuck out ASAP because the cost is too high and actually stings enough to cause action.
“Oklahoma AG Condones Elder Abuse, Police Brutality”
Fixed the headline
ACAB. Fuck those who let the police get away with this shit
What a shithole country we turned out to be.
We’ve always been a shit hole country
“All men are created equal”
#IS SLAVE STATE
Always had been
It’s about to get a shit-ton worse.
I feel that it’s like, a sobering reality when one finally realizes this, and then learns about history, and then it turns out we’ve always been a shitty country. Not that we shouldn’t aspire to be better, but when you realize how often we are shitty throughout time, it is a bit of a let-down.
I expect this kind of shit from one of the lowest ranking states in the USA.
“However, our members often have to make split-second decisions, and they cannot control the outcome of every situation,” Nelson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, when someone resists law enforcement, they increase the risk of harm to themselves or others.”
He had to make a split-second decision?!! About what? Cannot control the outcome? You mean the outcome of you deciding, with all the time in the world, to throw an old man to the ground on his face so hard it broke his neck and smashed his eye socket? What outcome was not totally under your control here? You had total control over a fragile old man. Resists law enforcement? total bullshit. god I hate these stories, I really need to stop myself from reading them. It’s not like I can do a damn thing about it but get upset. Fuck them all.
It’s not like I can do a damn thing
Luigi says otherwise.
Yesss encourage people to ruin their lives for probably no change, awesome take
As attorney general, I will not permit Oklahoma police officers to face criminal prosecution for conduct adhering to their training,” Drummond said in a statement.
Gotta protect that elder abuse training.
The officer was just following orders, after all.
Oink! Oink!
I’ve never wished a broken neck on a person more. I hope this scum is either Abbotted or Luigi’d. Or Abbotted while Luigi’d.
Wait what happened with Abbott? I missed something.
He was paralyzed by a tree that broke his back. Not neck, I grant you, but still - a hero of a tree whose only mistake was in not being fatal.
Rip fallen trees
He’s a paraplegic but I’m sure the republican would assure you he’s one of the “good ones”.
What about all the resisting arrest charges where people didn’t have criminal intent either?
ACAB
Oklahoma is an extremely red state, and red states produce the most insatiable boot lickers. The DA prosecuting the case was blindsided by this asshole. Drummond is a scumbag. Oklahoma’s government is full of scumbags.
Oklahoma’s
government isfull of scumbags.Fixed.
There’s a few normal people stuck here too.
In the video on NBC, I can’t even see Vu make any physical motion. One second they’re talking, the next Sgt. Joseph Gibson just loses his temper and throws the man on the pavement. Looks absolutely like he just can’t handle not getting his way.
Right about the :42 mark, the old man pretty much taps the cop in the chest with the back of his fingers. You can also see it in the body cam footage. It was a very slight tap and I very much doubt the cop even felt it through his body armor. This was a massive over reaction from the cop. He should have been charged and the AG is dead wrong here. Frankly, old people do not heal well from falls and breaks. I won’t be surprised if he ends up dying as a result of these injuries.
Never talk to the cops unless you absolutely have to, but if you do, keep your hands completely to yourself, particularly if you are a minority. Use lots of pleases and thank yous and yes, sirs. Otherwise, the cop may just decide to kick your ass and they will get away with it.
In no sane world would a civilian get off claiming self-defense for doing the same thing. AG is a depraved licker of boots and has given the green light for law enforcement to commit acts of violence like this against civilians in the future.
Gentner seems like the CEO of Oklahoma attorneys. He seems to be denying the justice Oklahomans deserve.
Luiiiiigiiiiii
I can understand how frustrating language barriers can be. But handling frustration appropriately is a job requirement.
For most jobs, sure. I think the only requirements to become a cop are average physical fitness and below average intelligence.
You don’t even need average physical fitness these days. Just the inability to think for yourself
Yeah, the bar really has gotten so low. I mean I know it is a shitty job, so why would lots of people line up for it. But we gotta find a way to improve the candidate pool.
I’m pretty sure the bar is intentionally low, like, some police departments set a maximum IQ for new officers because they don’t want them to be too intelligent to not blindly follow orders.
